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Occipital cortex dysgenesis with white matter changes due to mutations in Laminin a2

open access: yesThe Turkish Journal of Pediatrics, 2017
Laminin α2 related congenital muscular dystrophy is one of the most common congenital muscular dystrophies of childhood with or without clinical evidence of central nervous system involvement.
Uluç Yiş   +8 more
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Laminin α5_CD239_Spectrin is a candidate association that compensates the linkage between the basement membrane and cytoskeleton in skeletal muscle fibers

open access: yesMatrix Biology Plus, 2022
The linkage between the basement membrane (BM) and cytoskeleton is crucial for muscle fiber stability and signal transduction. Mutations in the linkage molecules can cause various types of muscular dystrophies. The different severities and times of onset
Yamato Kikkawa   +10 more
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Compound heterozygous POMGNT1 mutations leading to muscular dystrophy-dystroglycanopathy type A3: a case report

open access: yesBMC Pediatrics, 2019
Background Dystroglycanopathies, which are caused by reduced glycosylation of alpha-dystroglycan, are a heterogeneous group of neurodegenerative disorders characterized by variable brain and skeletal muscle involvement.
Kondakova Olga Borisovna   +10 more
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Anesthesia for a child with Walker–Warburg syndrome

open access: yesBrazilian Journal of Anesthesiology, 2014
Background and objectives: Walker–Warburg Syndrome is a rare, autosomal recessive congenital muscular dystrophy manifested by central nervous system, eye malformations and possible multisystem involvement.
Emine Arzu Kose   +4 more
doaj   +1 more source

Genetic analysis of muscular dystrophies: our experience in Mexico

open access: yesFolia Neuropathologica, 2021
Muscular dystrophies are a group of well-defined genetic disorders characterized by the variable distribution of muscle wasting and progressive weakness.
Rosa Elena Escobar-Cedillo   +9 more
doaj   +1 more source

Melanocytes from patients affected by Ullrich congenital muscular dystrophy and Bethlem myopathy have dysfunctional mitochondria that can be rescued with cyclophilin inhibitors

open access: yesFrontiers in Aging Neuroscience, 2014
Ullrich congenital muscular dystrophy and Bethlem myopathy are caused by mutations in collagen VI genes, which encode an extracellular matrix protein; yet mitochondria play a major role in disease pathogenesis through a short circuit caused by ...
Alessandra eZulian   +20 more
doaj   +1 more source

Muscle-Eye-Brain Disease; a Rare Form of Syndromic Congenital Muscular Dystrophy [PDF]

open access: yesMalaysian Orthopaedic Journal, 2011
Congenital muscular dystrophy (CMD) is a heterogeneous group of disorders characterized by muscular hypotonia since birth and the histologic features of muscular dystrophy.
Gosal Gurinder S, Shah Hitesh H
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Diagnosis of Congenital Muscular Dystrophy

open access: yesPediatric Neurology Briefs, 1996
Patterns of alkaline and acid phosphatases were compared with the distribution of merosin and dystrophin staining in muscle biopsies from 20 children with congenital muscular dystrophy (CMD) examined at the Department of Neurology, Washington University ...
J Gordon Millichap
doaj   +1 more source

Oxidative Stress, Inflammation and Connexin Hemichannels in Muscular Dystrophies

open access: yesBiomedicines, 2022
Muscular dystrophies (MDs) are a heterogeneous group of congenital neuromuscular disorders whose clinical signs include myalgia, skeletal muscle weakness, hypotonia, and atrophy that leads to progressive muscle disability and loss of ambulation.
Arlek González-Jamett   +5 more
doaj   +1 more source

Advances in imaging of brain abnormalities in neuromuscular disease

open access: yesTherapeutic Advances in Neurological Disorders, 2019
Brain atrophy, white matter abnormalities, and ventricular enlargement have been described in different neuromuscular diseases (NMDs). We aimed to provide a comprehensive overview of the substantial advancement of brain imaging in neuromuscular diseases ...
Corrado Angelini, Elena Pinzan
doaj   +1 more source

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